Court Ruling Favors Ukraine's Ex-Premier

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that the pre-trial detention of Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawful, adding to Western pressure on Kiev to release her.

A Ukrainian court had ordered Ms. Tymoshenko, the main political rival of President Viktor Yanukovych, detained in August 2011 during her trial for abuse of office. She was convicted two months later and sentenced to seven years in...